What exactly was the "No Child Left Behind" Act?

It was written by Ted Kennedy (D), and passed by Bush. Sure seems to have worked, considering how many Chicago schools alone don't have a single student proficient in math at grade level.

This is a decently evenhanded review, but notice how many waivers were passed.

Teachers (unions, at least) hated it because it involved measuring teacher performance (which was later watered down to be meaningless.)

I think was Reagan that mentioned that the Department of Education had never taught a single student, so why did it even exist with so much funding?

You're not missing much. They do write lengthy academic papers about what worked and what didn't, which nobody will read, but FedGov probably funded those after actions too.

If 1 person gets across they border we have to let them bring their entire extended family.

Instead of trying to speed up the dummies, they slow down the smarties

To me, it laid the groundwork for what we’re seeing in places like Maryland and Oregon, where no one can read at grade level, where they get rid of being able to read and write to graduate.

It planted the seeds of “equity” that we’re seeing now. Those first group of kids are now teachers, indoctrinated with this CRT/Woke ideology. It’s all they have known. These are the participation trophy kids, too. They don’t know competition.

Like so many here have said, we stunted the academic growth of the smartest to teach to the level of the least capable.

Now, we’re seeing the fruits of that failed initiative.

Our schools and students are falling behind other countries. There was a thought that the only way to fix that was with a national standard and federal money.

Not a bad idea.

But like everything else, the feds somehow made the situation worse.

Mainly by not actually fixing anything, but instead requiring a bunch of reports. The money went to pay the report writers.

“Remember we were giving kids a Head Start, head start, left behind…someone’s losing fricking ground”

-George Carlin

Also

“Before long the only thing you’ll need to get into college is a fricking pencil..this is physics, you got a pencil? Get the frick in there”

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What exactly was the "No Child Left Behind" Act?

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Another failed attempt by the federal government to improve literally anything.

Another touchy-feely Title for a massive expenditure 'Program' which ends up in the pockets of grifting politicos and Marxist activists that are running the Bureaucracy (Deep State) from top to bottom.

No child gets ahead